The article attributes this to a Bloomberg report and includes no confirmation from Disney. Disney's companies are small H-1B filers in our data, with a few dozen certified applications so far in FY2026.
Comments close November 13, and the current rule stays in place until a final one takes effect. DHS estimates deference applies to about 208,429 petitions a year. In our data, about a quarter of certified H-1B applications received from October through June were for continuing employment: 98,334 of 383,881.
This is still a proposal, and comments close November 10. The window gives a laid-off worker time to find a new sponsor. Filings for people changing employers made up 66,353 of 383,881 certified H-1B applications received from October through June, about 17%.
Pending I-140 petitions reached 180,439 by the end of FY2025, up from 43,509 in early FY2016. In our data the PERM step that usually comes first has started to speed up: the median case took 510 days in January 2026 and 398 in June.
We found no final rule as of late October. The floor for Level I would move from the 17th to the 34th percentile of wages, and Level IV from the 67th to the 88th. DOL estimates average certified wages would rise about $14,000 a year. If the rule takes effect it should show up in our filing data, where the median certified H-1B wage is $126,818 so far in FY2026.
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